7 Bone Chuck Roast - It is a good day to eat meat!

This past weekend I decided to cook a 7 bone chuck roast on my Traeger Grill.  Recipe Tips Website defines the 7 Bone Chuck Roast as a crosscut beef roast from the shoulder blade portion of the chuck primal. It gets its name from the crosscut of bone within the roast that is shaped like a "7". The 7-bone roast is one of the most popular for pot-roasting.

When this cut of meat is smoked properly, it is "fall apart" good and tastes completely different then the typical pot roast this cut of meat has traditionally been used for over the years.  

This 7-bone roast weighed in at 5 pounds and required about 5 hours of smoking time.

I used a dry rub that consisted of Paprika, Seasoning Salt, Garlic Powder, Pepper, and Sugar.  I also used Pecan pellets in the Traeger Grill to give the meat a great flavor.  Pecan adds some great flavor to meat that is a mild, nutty and sweet flavor all mixed into one.  I like to use it when cooking pork or beef due to its unique flavor. 

In this photo I have put the dry rubbbed roast on the Traeger Grill and am about to set the temperature to smoke the roast at 250 degrees for the next 5 hours. 

While this roast smoked I made a horseradish sauce for dipping the meat in once ready to serve.  I like to mix a 1/4 cup of sour cream with a 1/4 cup of mayonaise.  I then add 1 to 2 tablespoons of horseradish and mix.  The more horseradish the hotter the sauce.

Once the roast has smoked for 5 hours I was able to pull some of the meat into pieces with a fork and other areas of the roast were sliced.   The smoke set into the roast very well adding a great Smoke Ring to the meat. 

Comments

[Heath Wade]

I smoked this one and it was about 1 hour per pound. For 9 pounds, I am not sure how to grill that one, I use indirect heat and cook them slow over hours.

[fianna]

I just bought a 7 bone chuck roast that is a little over 9 lbs. Advice on grilling? did you figure an hour per pound?